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Sanctuary

Sanctuary is an immersive poem developed by Bladee and James Ferraro using the Ezkiel language engine. Stuck in a decaying labyrinth, players can explore and interact with different characters.

5 March 2025

Sanctuary is a simulator, released 5 March 2025 on Web browser.

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What Sanctuary is

Sanctuary was released in 2025. It was published by Microsoft. It is available on Web browser only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Step into an endless digital labyrinth where mythology and technology collide, blurring the lines between ancient archetypes and modern storytelling. Bladee partnered with experimental artist James Ferraro to create Sanctuary, an interactive world designed to challenge perceptions of artificial consciousness and symbolic representation. Participants engage with digital entities that reflect deeper cultural and historical narratives allowing for philosophical interactions. “I think that is like the point of the game—being interactive lets people access this vast body of material and extract meaning from it,” Bladee explains. The labyrinth itself serves as a visual and conceptual framework…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Sanctuary launched on 5 March 2025, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed Shadows, Avowed, Split Fiction and Monster Hunter Wilds.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed Shadows, Avowed, Split Fiction, Monster Hunter Wilds.

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When did Sanctuary come out?
Sanctuary was released on 5 March 2025 for Web browser.

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